Western Union opens agency in Toronto's Ukrainian section (02/20/00)

Western Union opens agency in Toronto's Ukrainian section

TORONTO - Western Union, a leader in money transfer services worldwide, has announced that the Canadian Global Center Inc. located in the heart of the traditional Ukrainian neighborhood in Toronto has become the primary Western Union agency serving the Ukrainian-speaking community here.

Grazyna Bulka, manager for international development of Western Union, noted: "We are happy to have an agent who is so close to the Ukrainian community - the most numerous Eastern European ethnic group in Canada."

The Canadian Global Center (CGC) is the only corporation in North America that supplies books, newspapers and magazines directly from Ukraine. Through the Canadian Global Center Ukrainians can subscribe to Ukrainian magazines and newspapers and stay in touch with events in their homeland. A Ukrainian bookstore at the same location carries many recently published books in the Ukrainian language.

The center has also recently added a service whose goal is to respond to numerous immigration inquiries from the fast-growing Ukrainian immigrant community.

"We are happy and proud to be able to offer Western Union money transfer service to the Ukrainian community," said Andy Bonry, CGC president. "The prices of transfers are competitive. For example, sending $200 costs $24, and $1,000 costs $65.

Western Union has over 470 agent locations in Ukraine. The Canadian Global Center is located at 2118-A Bloor St., West, Suite 203 Toronto, Ontario, M6S 1M8; telephone, (416) 604-0069, 1-800-763-3303; fax, (416) 604-0056.

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